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Webster 1913 Edition

Sagittal

Sag′it-tal

,
Adj.
[L.
sagitta
an arrow: cf. F.
sagittal
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal;
as, the
sagittal
furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull
.
(b)
In the mesial plane; mesial;
as, a
sagittal
section of an animal
.
Sagittal suture
(Anat.)
,
the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; – called also
rabdoidal suture
, and
interparietal suture
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sagittal

SAG'ITTAL

,
Adj.
[L. sagittalis, from sagitta, an arrow; that which is thrown or driven, probably from the root of say and sing.]
Pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; as sagittal bars of yellow.
In anatomy, the sagittal suture is the suture which unites the parietal bones of the skull.

Definition 2024

sagittal

sagittal

English

Adjective

sagittal ‎(not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) In the direction from dorsal to ventral.
  2. Of or relating to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrow-like appendage.

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German

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaɡɪˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

sagittal ‎(not comparable)

  1. sagittal

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Etymology

From New Latin sagittālis, from sagitta ‎(“arrow”).

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